Railway stand-pipe.



N0.-847,494- PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

'J. FUMURPHY. RAILWAY STAND PIPE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 16, 1906.

O Witneses lnvntor.

Attorneys nnrrn Jinua's F. MURPHY,

' Application filed March 16,

, is a specification. i

and other analo vention consists in the panying drawing, and j 20 stood thatc been shown a side elevati ferred ed to an elevated ten standvertical axis.

supply-pipe which- 45 neck tol'it's original position s 5 lhis invonti on relates. to stand-pipes conimonl y einployedalong railro plying water to'the tenders and has for its object to enable the coupling of a hose to the stiazid-pipeforuse in extinguishing fires, for slushingstock in transit,

gous purposes. ject in View present inoombination and arwill be hereinafter shown in the accomparticularly pointed aim, it being underhanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claiin without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. In the accompanyingdrawing there has on of a conventional. pe and the clevatedreservoir or tank for sup lying water to the standpipe' in the usua manner; the standpipe being provided with the improvements of the present invention. v To i-llustratethe application and operation of the present invention, the accom anying drawing includes a Conventional ihrrn oi stand-pipe 1., having'the usualor any precharacter of discharge branch orv gooseneck 2, said stand-pipe being connectkor-r'eservo'ir, 3 by e 4, upon which the pipe is swivelcd, so'as to turn upon a As usual, the supply-p1 e is provided with a valve 5 in that art '0 the is buried in t 1e ground, sa d valve' being controlled in any suitable inanner-as, for instance, by. means of a hand-wheel 6 upon the valve-steml which rises to a suitableheight above the level of the ground. The stand -ipipe is with a. handle 8 for convenienc the pipe upon its vertical axis to bring the goos'eneck over the. railway-track when filling the tender and for returning the gooscad-lin'es for supof locomotives,

'rangelnent of parts, as more fully des cri bed,

out in the a ppended '01 form of stand-pi means of a,supplypip track when not m use,

l'part of the stand provided wouldbe th e in rotating fixed.

alongsideof the of thus; far del I. scribed the standa [ments as are' co .srarnsrenn anion,

or MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

RAlL-WAY STANQePEPE. i

be varied therefore' may cting the-spirit of out affe tion.

standpipeis provided witl-r'a. hoseepipe Patented March 19, 1907.

is preferably e by means of a; oss of the closurea point abovethe hosepipe includes only such elemmon'and well known, and

considerably withthe present inven-.

In carryingrou-t the present invention the pipe coupling a valve 12 is included in the stand-pipe, 'which'valve is normally open in order. that the waterrnay ass out through the gooseneck when the stand-pipe is in use ,for supplying. water to a tender. I event of afire the fire-hose ma *be connected directly to the coupling 9, the val and the valve 5 open, whereuponv the water from the elevated tank or reservoirBwill be supplied to the fire-hose instead of assing out through the gooseneck 2. It iso course (apparent that a fire-engine-maybe coupled to the connection 9 whenever desired; but under ordinary circumstances the Waterpressure, due to the elevation of the tank 3, will be suilicient. k

Besides being usefu the present invention slush stock makes in transit, wash out In the ve 12 closed,

1 in theevent of fire" it possible to' cars, and to" =w1thout requiring any compli cated adjust: ments thereof. The val the flow of water through the g'ooseneck.

when the stand is to be in case of fire is located in the vertical p of the stand and convenientlyaccessible. to; I

ermore, the arrange the operator.-" Furth ment the hose-pipe connection 9 is in the that s c p -This enables the' juste'd to point in the'direc-t hose is eXten I the hose at .a point adiacent the 811108117116 hose isfnot subject to bending, as e casei'f the said connection were ion in which the Having thus is claimed is.,

In a railway st-and pipe, pri htstand-gip u n we,

used tosupply water 1 ableo'f rotating. said connection to be adthe combination ded, thereby relieving strain on coupling,

-V. I Os described theinventlon, what body moulit-ed to weh rsgego n clf Pi /rim:

in testimony that I elai'h'l the i UI'UQ'UiH J m 1 my own I have hereto alhxed my signnnu'v in the presence of two vv'ihlessesv JAMES F. MURPHY.

J AMES H. ORR,

i Witnesses: 1 THERON 1*. MILLER. 

